As far as I know, there are many topics not covered by ISO, for example
bi-directional behavior.
Jony
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> Subject: SPAM: The relation between Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646
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> Hi All,
>
> As I know, historically ISO/IEC 10646 (UCS) is from ISO and
> Unicode was defined by a consortium of major American
> computer manufacturers. From version 1.1 on, Unicode is
> scrupulously kept compatible with ISO/IEC 10646 and its
> extensions. The latest fact I found that Unicode 4.0
> character repertoire corresponds to ISO/IEC 10646:2003.
>
> Also I understand that from Unicode 2.0 onwards Unicode
> covers all the code points of UCS-4. Now, my doubt is, in the
> current situation,
> - What is the need for continuing both of these two different
> coded character sets in parallel? Why can't they be merged?
> - Is there any additional issues/points taken care of by
> ISO/IEC 10646:2003 which are not there in Unicode 4.0 and vice versa ?
>
>
> Any funda on this will be really appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Sourav
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